Improvement in whip-sockets



UNITED STATES PATENT CEFICE.

DANIEL A. KIMBARK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN WHIP-SOCKETS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l94,096, dated August14, 1877 application tiled July 18,l 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL A. KIMBARK, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented a new Improvement in Whip-Sockets;and l do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings and the letters ot' ret'- the whip, to prevent itsrattling, and avoid the wear upon the handle of the whip occasioned bythe usual construction of the socket.

The invention consists in constructing` the socket from a blank ot'elastic sheet metal or other suitable material rolled into tubularshape, but the edge free to allow expansion or contraction otl thesocket as the handle of the whip is inserted or removed, as more fullyhereinafter described.

The metal used may be any suitable sheet metal, as brass, or may be hardrubber, cellu loid, or any material capable of being wrought into thinsheets, and possessing a considerable degree of elasticity. From such asheet a blank is cut into the form substantially as seen in Fig. 2, thewidth at the top a being substantially the circumference of the socketto be produced. The opposite end b is considerably broader, so as toproduce the inclined side c. The lower end is preferably cut intopoints, as indicated, for the purpose to be hereinafter described.

The blank thus shaped is rolled, the inclined side c inward, and as seenin Fig. 3

rivets or otherwise.

and broken lines, Fig. l, and should be somewhat smaller in diameter atthe mou-th than at the bottom. This will give to the edge c in thesocket a spiral shape, as indicated in Fig. l. The nature of the metalallows of the expansion of the socket by a force from within, and whenthat force is removed the socket returns to its normal condition. Thepoints at the bottom are bent inward into a horizontal plane, to form abottom for the socket, as seen in Fig. 3. On the outer edge anextension, d, is made, as a means for attaching the socket. This may beplaced around the bar on the carriage seat or dash, and secured by Thisextension is not an essential part of the socket, as it may be otherwiseattached. i

The internal diameter of the socket is slightly less than that of thehandle of the whip- `stock; hence in setting. the handleinto the socketa slight force will be required, which will cause the socket to expand,and the reaction of the elastic material of the socket will cause it toclasp the handle and hold it firmly within the socket, so that it willnot move as in the usual socket, and hence the usual wear -upon thehandle of the whip will be avoided.

The inner edge c is inclined, to give the inner spiral shape for thepurpose of facilitating the introduction of the whip-handle, as thehandle, in being introduced, will follow this spiral shape and enterlike a screw, forcing the expansion of the socket as the handle ispressed downward. The edge, however, may be made vertical withoutdeparting from the principles ot' this invention. r

I claim- The herein described whip socket constructed from a thin sheetof elastic'metal,

rolled or coiled into tubular form, so as to leave the inner edge free,substantially as specified. o

DANIEL A. KIMBARK. Witnesses:

HUME R. BUCHANAN, J As. PEPPER.

